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  1. Horse Chestnut Burr and Blackwood box

    Horse Chestnut Burr and Blackwood box

    This little box is 9cm tall and 6cm in diameter. The base is a small piece of Horse Chestnut burr and the lid is a piece of Blackwood. The lid has a small red CZ stone in the centre. The inside of the lid is decorated on my Rose Engine and then the pattern filled with Gold embellishing wax and...
  2. Satinwood ornamental box

    Satinwood ornamental box

    This box is made from a piece of Satinwood given to me recently by a friend to see if it was suitable for ornamental turning. I am pleased with the way that it came out with no tear out using both a drilling frame and a cutting frame on my Rose Engine lathe. It is 65mm tall and 47mm in diameter...
  3. 10 and 20

    10 and 20

    Small flame maple vanity box. Birdseye maple inlay on button lid. 10 staves capped with 20 segment rim. 3.25" D, 3" H
  4. Tower and Flat Top Boxes

    Tower and Flat Top Boxes

    The tall Tower Box turned from Gabon Ebony and dyed and stabilized feature ring of the top. The flat top boxes L-R Buckeye Burl, Maple Burl and Maple Burl stabilized in Ukraine long before the war started. The bottoms of the Flat Tops is Gabon Ebony made from leftovers from other projects.
  5. Small ornamental Box

    Small ornamental Box

    This small box 60mm tall 40mm in diameter was decorated on my Rose Engine lathe. The wood is unknown by me but was quite dense so it took the pattern well. The top has a white CZ inserted in the centre of the pattern. The inside of the lid is also decorated and has a blue CZ stone in the centre...
  6. Pecan and Cherry Acorn Box

    Pecan and Cherry Acorn Box

    Acorn box 3.5" max diameter at the cap. 4.25" H. Body made from pecan and the cap and base of cherry.
  7. Sapele rose engine box

    Sapele rose engine box

    4"x3"
  8. Threaded Maple box

    Threaded Maple box

    Cross-grain Maple box with a hand-chased 8tpi thread. Approx 75mm (3”) diameter. Finished with Hardwax oil and lightly buffed.
  9. Tangential box iteration

    Tangential box iteration

    Tangential Box~Cherry, Walnut, and Maple. 4 3/8" diameter, 4" H to the top of the finial. I really enjoy making these boxes and have continued to refine the form with each iteration.
  10. Baby Nea

    Baby Nea

    Small tangential box much in the style of previously posted "Neapolitan Swirl". Walnut, cherry and maple with "darker" cherry for top and bottom. Top is snap fit. Finished with Ack's paste and beeswax. 4.5" diameter, 3" to top of knob.
  11. Cherry Burl Pot Box

    Cherry Burl Pot Box

    Top is walnut. Finished with Minwax Antique Oil.
  12. Maple box hand-carved and dyed with black spirit stain

    Maple box hand-carved and dyed with black spirit stain

    Carved with a v-shaped chisel head, then dyed thoroughly with black spirit stain. I didn't know when I finished the inside that I would be coliring the outside, so I waxed the inside, which left a bit of an inconsistent finish.
  13. Maple box hand-carved and dyed with black spirit stain

    Maple box hand-carved and dyed with black spirit stain

    Carved with a v-shaped chisel head, then dyed thoroughly with black spirit stain. I didn't know when I finished the inside that I would be coliring the outside, so I waxed the inside, which left a bit of an inconsistent finish.
  14. Antler Box

    Antler Box

    Antler Box. Cherry wood. Turned, carved, acrylics. 2”diameter, 4” tall. Inspired by an antler shed lying about my workspace. My focus was to convey the unique texture and color of the antler while having a bit of fun with the form.
  15. Antler Box

    Antler Box

    Antler Box. Cherry wood. Turned, carved, acrylics. 2”diameter, 4” tall. Inspired by an antler shed lying about my workspace. My focus was to convey the unique texture and color of the antler while having a bit of fun with the form.
  16. Live Edge Ash Off-Center landscape Christmas tree box

    Live Edge Ash Off-Center landscape Christmas tree box

    Ash was dyed Transtint Bright Red, scorched, wire wheeled and re-dyed, two shared of gold gilding wax. Pear Off-Axis Tree cut on three axis with different skews, dyed green then some black dye. Silver and Green gilding wax dabbled on tree and ground to simulate snow. All topped with an acrylic...
  17. Striated Walnut box

    Striated Walnut box

    Walnut with striated grain pattern and oak lid with knob. Two boxes made from same walnut log not 8 inches apart with different grain patterns.
  18. Walnut smooth top

    Walnut smooth top

    Walnut box with a spaulted pecan lid. About 6 inch diameter
  19. Madrone Burl Capsule Box

    Madrone Burl Capsule Box

    This little capsule box is made from the chunk of Madrone burl I had left from the burl bowl I posted earlier. The photo has a little light square where I can't seem to figure out how to make the gloss not reflect the light so dramatically. Anyway, the size is 2.25 inches tall and 2 inches in...
  20. Crested Box

    Crested Box

    Cherry. Turned, carved, burn textured, with acrylics. 3 3/4” high x 4 1/2” diameter. Inspiration came from a mix of flora and fauna motifs without trying to make the piece be anything specific.
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